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Published 16:32 7 Nov 2025 GMT
Updated 16:51 7 Nov 2025 GMT

Joey Barton has been found guilty of sending "grossly offensive" social media posts.
The former footballer was found guilty of six counts over posts on X between January and March 2024 directed at broadcaster Jeremy Vine and TV football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko.
This included a post in which the 43-year-old compared Aluko and Ward to the serial killer couple Fred and Rose West, and called Vine a "bike nonce."
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